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Mom4Kids1706
Mom4Kids1706 Posts: 7 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
When I make a recipe and portion it out, should I weigh the portions or measure? The weight and measure comes out 70 calories difference. But seems like the measuring is not accurate for this particular recipe.

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  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,458 Member
    I always weigh. Measuring isn't as accurate.

    When cooking some moisture is lost, too. So trying to use a cumulative weight with raw ingredients is going to be much different than the weight/calories of the cooked dish.
  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    I weigh - I take the total cooked weight of my recipe and use that to set serving weight

    So like it it’s 200g (for example) - I make my serving size 20 so every serving is 10g - then if I eat 50g I log 5 servings and go
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